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My father always told me I should be a writer, and I found I loved writing my autobiography; writing is such an interesting process.
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of 'medicine.' That's something you might remind your New Age friends who've gone gaga over 'holistic medicine' and 'alternative Chinese cures.
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I have this extraordinary life during the day, and then I get to come home to my sweet husband who loves to cook with me. I have a nice glass of wine, he has some scotch, we chat, we cook, and we hang out with the dog. I have an absolute dream life.
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In the West many Christians have an abundance of material possessions, yet they live in a backslidden state.
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Writing well is at one and the same time good thinking, good feeling, and good expression; it is having wit, soul, and taste, all together.
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In the big factory of perfecting human souls, the Earth was kind of tumbler. The sale as the kind people use to polish rocks. All souls come here to rub the sharp edges off each other. This isn't suffering. It's erosion.
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If the nobles of the country really have the welfare of the people at heart, they should prevent and forbid music wherever it makes an appearance. For the fact that the people practise music has four disadvantages. The hungry are not fed, the cold are not clothed, the homeless are not sheltered and the desperate find no consolation.
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Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.
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When I first read 'On the Road,' it helped me figure out how to live against the grain. Now I wonder how to be subversive when the subversive has become mainstream.
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In the real world, illiquid assets carry a discount.
